About this time a year ago we were celebrating a moral victory of sorts, with Arizona playing a competitive opening game against BYU but ultimately falling short.
Celebrating actual victories is more fun.
Arizona opened its season with a road win over San Diego State. The 38-20 final is not indicative of how the game went. Had the Wildcats not shot themselves in the foot a couple of times the score would have been even more lopsided.
Then again, had the Wildcats not shot themselves in the foot they wouldn’t be the Wildcats.
Still, the dominant performance was as refreshing as it was surprising.